Combined corn husker and stripper.



R. N. THOMAS.

COMBINED CORN HUSKER AND STRIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9. I91 1.

1 1 34,245, Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Witnesses Inventor,

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON, D. I

ROBERT N. THOMAS,

OF SHENANDOAH,

IOWA.

COMBINED CORN I-IUSKER AND STBIPPER.

Application filed September 9, 1911.

T (IN whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT N. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shenandoah, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Corn Huskers and Strippers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corn huskers and strippers.

The object of the invention is to provide an implement of this character which shall combine in a simple, compact, and wearresisting form, all of the elements necessary to effect rapid shucking and stripping of the corn, and at the same time secure ample protection to the user against injury to the hand, as by becoming galled or blistered in the rapid manipulation of the implement. Furthermore, to construct the article in such manner that those parts which shall be subjected to the greatest wear will be reinforced so that the effective life of the implement will be measurably increased without adding to its cost of production.

lVith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists, generally stated, in a combined corn husker and stripper embodying in its construction a novel form of fore finger stall, thumb stall and husking pin, the parts being so constructed and assembled as to insure free action in use without danger of interference with the other. The two stalls are lapped at those parts where the greatest wear will occur, and each is furnished with a plurality of spurs that are adapted to grasp and retain the shuck against slipping while being stripped from the ear of corn.

As a matter of further improvement, the fore finger stall has its end closed by a reinforce including a stripping spur, whereby the entire length of the stall may be utilized for doing efiective work. The husking pin is firmly assembled with the finger stall and includes, in its construction, a novel arrangement of finger loops the same being so constructed as to protect the fingers of the user from injury, as by contact with the hand of the user, thus to prevent any discomfort that might result therefrom.

Further and more specific features of novelty will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Serial No. 648,484.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a view in perspective, displaying a human hand in dotted lines, with the implement of the present invention properly positioned relatively thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the implement taken a little to one side of the pin and showing more particularly the manner of connecting the husking pin with the fore finger stall and with the finger loops. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview of a slightly modified arrangement for connecting the finger loops with the husking pin. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the husking pin. Fig. 5 is a detail view in plan of the thumb stall. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal view taken on line 66 of Fig. 5, and looking in the direction of the arrow thereon.

The implement embodies a thumb stall 1, a fore finger stall 2, and a husking pin 3.

The thumb stall or cot l is constructed of a suitably shaped piece of leather and is lapped on the inner side to provide a double thickness at the ball of the thumb, and the two plies are held assembled by spurs at, of which there may be any desired number, and arranged in any preferred manner, and with each of which is assembled a disk 5 that subserves the dual function of holding the spur assembled with the stall and also reinforcing the latter against wear. When the thumb stall or cot is placed in a fiat condition, it is approximately triangular in contour as shown in Fig. 5, and with a reduced or neck portion having its sides cut away on inwardly curved lines to fit the base of the thumb and the hand between the thumb and the forefinger, there being extensions diverg ing from this neck portion with their median lines substantially at right angles to each other so that a line bifurcatingtheir angle would be substantially in alinement with the thumb. Curved slots 6 are formed in these extensions and the leather freed by the incisions forming these slots provides two straps 7 and 8. One of the straps carries a buckle 9, the tongue of which is designed to engage any one of a series of orifices 10 in the other strap, thus to hold the two straps firmly secured around the wrist of the wearer.

The finger stall 2 is lapped on its inner side, and the lapped portions are held assembled by stripping spurs 11 and disks 12 in the same manner as the laps of the thumb stall. In order to close the outer end of the finger stall, a guard 13 is provided. which is held assembled with the stall by two eyelets 14 and a spur 15 and disk 16. By the provision of this latter stripping spur, the entire length of the stall is utilized for doing effective work, and further the end portion thereof will be shielded against undue wear.

The inner portion of the stall 2 is provided with a tongue or extension 17, to which is secured one end of a strap 18, the other end of which is designed to engage a buckle 19 carried by a loop 20 secured to the base portion of the thumb stall. The pin 3 is transversely dished and is provided vat one end with an inwardly-curved spoonshaped horn or point 21 which operates in the usual manner to rip the husk from the earof corn. The portion 21 of the pin is secured to the finger stall by a rivet 22, and while this manner of securing the parts to gether will be positive in preventing acctdental disconnection, it will not in any way interfere with the free movement of the pin in the manipulation of the implement.

The pin has secured to it by rivets 23 a strip of leather 24 constituting a pad, which is of sufficiently greater width and length than the pin to prevent contact between the hand of the user and the pin. Arranged at a point intermediate of the ends of the pin are two transverse orifices 25, and through these orifices and through the pad 24 are passed the ends of a clip 26, which is upset or clenched against the concaved side of the pin, as shown at 27. Held assembled with the pin by the clip 26 is a metallic loop 28 through which passes the intermediate portion of an' attaching strap 29, one end of which is securedbetween the pad and the pin by one of the rivets 23. The loops of the strap 29 formed by the loop or keeper 28 constitute two finger holds 33 and 3 1, the former of which is engaged by the middle finger of the hand, and the latter by the third and little fingers thereof.

In order to reinforce the pin at the points where the transverse or other orifices 25 are located longitudinal corrugations or depressions 35 are provided which are struck up from the convex side of the pin inwardly beyond the concave side thereof, and thus positively brace the pin from yielding at those points.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, there is displayed a manner in which the strap 29 may be held assembled with the pin with-- out the employment of the loop or keeper 2S, and this consists in transversely incising the pad 24 to form a loop 36 through which the strap 29 is passed. a

All of the improvements herein described are simple in character, but will be found thoroughly effective in securing the objects sought.

What is claimed is 1. A combined corn husker and stripper including a stall, a husking pin secured to the stall and extending transversely there of, a pad secured longitudinally along the husking pin, a loop extending transversely of and outstanding from the pad and pin. a strap secured at one end between the pad and pin and extending through the loop and through one end of the pad, means for adjustably and detachably securing one end portion of said strap to that end of the pin remote from the stall.

2. A combined corn husker and stripper including a stall, a husking pin, a pad extending longitudinally of the pin, a clip connecting the intermediate portion of the pad to the pin, one end portion of the pad being extended outwardly beyond the pin and having an aperture therein, a looped strap secured between and to the pin and pad and adjacent said extended end ofthe pad, an attaching strap secured at oneend between the other end portion of the pad and the pin and being extended loosely through the aperture in the projecting end of the pad, means upon the looped strap for adjustably and detachably securing one end of the attaching strap to the pin, a loop extending through an intermediate portion of the pad and held thereto by the clip, said attaching strap being extended loosely through the loop, said attaching strap and stall being separate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed by signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT N. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

A. W. MURPHY, R. B. MURPHY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. r 

